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“Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the Pacific's currents, threatening sea creatures and littering shorelines with the entangled remains of…

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — The acting Big Island fire chief who wasn't selected for the permanent job is appealing the selection process.Hawaii Fire Department…

Cruising along the west side of the Big Island, the landscape is dominated by ancient volcanic flows and jagged shorelines. Then you get to Hapuna…

Summer's coming and hurricane season is ahead. In just a few years, people have become more aware of heat, flooding, fires and other growing effects of…

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano has stopped erupting. The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory updated the status of the Big Island volcano…

Coronavirus variants are the more dominant and common strains of the virus in the state, according to the health department’s state laboratories…

A man who pointed a handgun at Honolulu police remained hospitalized Wednesday, the morning after an officer shot him, Acting Chief Rade Vanic said.It was…

Community groups dedicated to restoring limu, or seaweed, along Hawai?i’s shorelines are hoping they haven’t missed the window of opportunity to designate…

WAILUKU, Hawaii — A Maui County Council committee has passed a bill imposing a moratorium on building permits for visitor accommodations in west and south…

Hawaii's Council on Revenues on Tuesday sharply increased its tax revenue forecast for the state to reflect rebounding spending by residents and a growing…